"One of the things that I really took seriously was preparing," Kid Cudi told MTV News of his preparation for the part. "I got an acting coach; I wanted to step it up. With anything that I'm doing, I always want to take it to the next level - whether it's music or acting.

"One thing that I did, I studied the first season, I studied my performance. I knew that I was gonna get a lot more this season. I wanted to deliver. I wanted to make the people at HBO happy. I wanted to make my management happy."